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Every flight has a callsign that's used with air traffic control, and for commercial aircraft, that's generally going to be the generic airline callsign plus the flight number. Callsigns are of course unique to a particular flight, because that's the way that air traffic control communicates with pilots. That brings us to what happened very late last night (Thursday, August 13, 2026), in Phoenix. AA2482 is a flight number used by American between Chicago (ORD) and Phoenix (PHX). The flight number is actually used in both directions of travel, which isn't that uncommon, with both flights being operated by Boeing...

Hinton, WV (HNN) – Ever wonder what the call letters of your favorite radio or television station stand for? Of course you have! The other day, listening to WBAP on my computer, I wondered what the letters for the Fort Worth-Dallas station represent. A friend in a university town east of Dallas suggested: “We Bring a Program.” Being a careful type – and a veteran copy editor – I Googled for station call letters and found several sites that explain what the letters stand for. One of them is: Call Letter Origins - The List Sure enough, my friend was...